English words: G

650 words under G; 501–600 on this page.

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• greenness nounJewish tradition
  The state of being fresh and green, as young plants are.
• greensward noun (greenswards)
  a stretch of smooth green grass, like a lawn or meadow.
• greenwood noun (greenwoods)
  a forest or wood in summer, full of green leaves.
• greet verb (greet, greets, greeted, greeting); noun greeting…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To greet someone means to say hello or welcome them when you meet.
• greeting noun (a greeting, greetings); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A greeting is something friendly you say or do when you meet someone, like «Hello» or a wave.
• gregorian adjective (Gregorian)
  The Gregorian calendar: the calendar most of the world uses today, introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, with leap years.
• gremlin noun (a gremlin, gremlins)
  An imaginary, mischievous little creature blamed for things going wrong with machines.
• grenadine noun (grenadine — uncountable)
  A sweet red syrup, traditionally made from pomegranate juice, used to flavour and colour drinks.
• grey adjective (grey, greyer, greyest; US spelling gray); noun…
  Grey is a colour between black and white, like the colour of clouds before rain, ash or an elephant.
• greybeard noun (greybeards)
  An old man, often one with a grey beard; the word can sound a little teasing or bossy.
• greyhound noun (a greyhound, greyhounds)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A greyhound is a tall, thin dog with long legs that can run very fast, used for racing and hunting and kept as a gentle pet.
• greyish adjective (greyish; US also grayish)
  A little bit grey; a colour that is close to grey but not quite.
• grid noun (a grid, grids)
  A grid is a pattern of straight lines crossing each other to make squares.
• griddle nounJewish tradition
  A flat metal pan or plate for baking or frying food over a fire.
• grief noun (grief — uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A deep, strong sadness, especially when someone or a pet dies or is lost.
• grievance noun (a grievance, grievances)
  A real or imagined unfair thing that makes someone feel upset and want to complain.
• grieve verb (grieve, grieves, grieved, grieving)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To grieve is to feel very deep sadness, especially because someone you love has died.
• grievous adjective (grievous, more grievous)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very serious and harmful: a grievous mistake.
• grievously adverb (grievously)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very seriously or badly: grievously wounded.
• griffin noun (a griffin, griffins); also spelled gryphon, griffon
  An imaginary creature with the head, wings and claws of an eagle and the body of a lion.
• grill noun (a grill, grills); verb…
  A grill is a part of a cooker or a frame of metal bars over heat, used to cook food quickly with strong heat from above or below.
• grille noun (a grille, grilles)
  A grid or screen of metal bars or wires across a window, door, opening or vent, to protect it or let air through.
• grim adjective (grim, grimmer, grimmest)
  Grim means very serious, stern and unsmiling («a grim face»).
• grimace noun (grimaces); verb…
  A grimace is a twisted, ugly face made to show pain, disgust or to tease.
• grime noun (grime — uncountable)
  Dirt that has built up in a thick, sticky or black layer on a surface or skin: «the grime on the windows».
• grimly adverb
  In a stern, serious way, without smiling, often when trouble is expected.
• grin verb (grin, grins, grinned, grinning); noun (a grin, grins)
  To smile widely, often showing your teeth.
• grind verb (grind, grinds, ground, grinding); noun (the grind)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To crush something into tiny pieces or powder, like grinding wheat into flour or coffee beans.
• grinder noun (a grinder, grinders)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A machine or tool that crushes something into small bits or powder: a coffee grinder, a pepper grinder.
• grindstone noun (grindstones)
  A flat round stone that turns on an axle, used to sharpen tools such as axes and knives.
• grinning verb, -ing form of grin (grin, grins, grinned, grinning)…
  Smiling widely, often showing the teeth.
• griot noun (a griot, griots)
  In West Africa, a traditional storyteller, singer, poet and historian who keeps the history of families and peoples alive by telling it…
• grip noun (a grip, grips); verb (grip, grips, gripped, gripping)
  To grip is to hold something very tightly.
• gripping adjective (gripping); also the -ing form of the verb «grip»…
  Very exciting and holding your attention, so you cannot stop reading or watching.
• grisly adjective (grislier, grisliest)
  Causing horror and disgust; very gruesome, often with death, blood or bones.
• gristle nounJewish tradition
  Tough, elastic tissue in the body, like cartilage.
• grit noun (grit — uncountable); verb…
  Tiny hard bits of stone or sand.
• gritty adjective (gritty, grittier, grittiest); noun grit
  Gritty means full of tiny hard bits like sand or small stones.
• grizzled adjectiveJewish tradition
  Marked with gray or white patches, spotted or speckled with gray.
• grizzly noun (a grizzly, grizzlies); adjective (grizzly, grizzled)
  A grizzly, or grizzly bear, is a large brown bear of North America with a hump on its shoulders and grey-tipped fur.
• groan verb (groan, groans, groaned, groaning); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To groan is to make a long, low sound because you are in pain, unhappy, bored or annoyed.
• groats noun (plural only)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Hulled grain, such as oats, crushed and cooked as porridge.
• grocer noun (a grocer, grocers)
  A person who owns or runs a shop that sells food and things for the home, such as tea, sugar, tins and cleaning things.
• grocery noun (grocery, groceries); adjective…
  A grocery, or grocery store, is a shop that sells food and things for the home.
• groin nounJewish tradition
  The place where the thigh meets the body, the lower belly.
• grommet noun (a grommet, grommets)
  A grommet is a metal or plastic ring put in a hole in cloth, leather or paper to make the hole strong, like the holes for laces or for a…
• groom noun (a groom, grooms); verb…
  A man on his wedding day, or a man who has just got married; also called the bridegroom.
• grooming noun (grooming); also the -ing form of groom
  Cleaning and brushing an animal's fur or coat.
• groove noun (a groove, grooves; the groove); verb…
  A groove is a long, narrow cut or channel in a surface, like the lines on a screw or a record.
• groovy adjective (groovy, groovier, grooviest) — slang, dated
  Groovy means cool, fashionable, exciting or very nice; it was popular in the 1960s and 1970s and now often sounds funny or old-fashioned.
• grope verb (gropes, groped, groping)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To feel about with the hands because you cannot see, searching for something.
• groping verb (present participle of grope); adjective
  Feeling about with the hands in the dark or when unable to see.
• gross adjective (gross, grosser, grossest); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Gross means disgusting, very unpleasant: «Ew, that's gross!».
• grotesque adjective (more grotesque, most grotesque); noun…
  Strange, distorted and ugly in a silly or frightening way.
• grotto noun (grottoes or grottos)
  A small cave, often a shady or decorated place, sometimes made in a garden.
• ground noun (ground, grounds); verb (ground, grounds, grounded)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The surface of the Earth that you stand on.
• groundhog noun (a groundhog, groundhogs)
  A groundhog is a North American animal, a large brown rodent that lives in burrows and sleeps through the winter; it is also called a…
• groundsman noun (a groundsman, groundsmen) — (UK)
  A person whose job is to look after a sports field, park or school grounds: cutting grass, marking lines, caring for the pitch.
• groundwork nounJewish tradition
  The first work or base on which something else is built.
• group noun (group, groups); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A group is a number of things or people that are together or belong together: a group of friends.
• grouper noun (a grouper, groupers or grouper)
  A grouper is a big, heavy sea fish with a wide mouth that lives in warm seas, often near coral reefs and rocks.
• grouping noun (a grouping, groupings); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A set of people or things that are put together because they are alike or work together.
• grouse noun…
  A grouse is a plump, brown wild bird with feathered legs that lives on moors and in forests.
• grove noun (a grove, groves)
  A small group of trees, or a small wood.
• grovel verb (grovels, grovelled, grovelling; US groveled)
  To lie or crawl low on the ground, especially to show fear or respect.
• grow verb (grow, grows, grew, grown, growing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To grow is to get bigger or taller, like a child or a plant.
• grower noun (a grower, growers)
  A grower is a person or company that grows plants, fruit or vegetables to sell, such as a fruit grower or a flower grower.
• groweth verb, old form of «grows» (he, she, it)
  «groweth» means «grows», a form of «grow»: To grow is to get bigger or taller, like a child or a plant.
• growing verb form (present participle of grow); adjective (growing)
  Growing means getting bigger or taller right now.
• growl verb (growl, growls, growled, growling); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Of an animal like a dog, bear or lion, to make a low, rough, deep sound in the throat as a warning or because it is angry.
• grown verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  The form of "grow" used after have/has/had or in the passive: "She has grown taller." "Rice is grown in China.".
• grownup noun (a grownup, grownups; also grown-up); adjective…
  A grownup is an adult, a person who is fully grown.
• growth noun (growth — uncountable; a growth, growths — a lump)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Getting bigger, taller or more developed: "a growth spurt".
• groyne noun (a groyne, groynes); US spelling groin
  A low wall or fence of wood, stone or concrete built out from a beach into the sea to stop the sand and pebbles being washed away.
• grub noun…
  A grub is the young, worm-like form (larva) of some insects, especially beetles, which lives in soil or wood.
• grubby adjective (grubby, grubbier, grubbiest)
  Rather dirty, usually from mud, sweat or touching things.
• grudge noun (a grudge, grudges); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A grudge is a feeling of anger or dislike you keep for a long time against someone who you think treated you badly.
• gruel noun (no plural)
  A thin, watery food made by boiling oats or other grain in water or milk.
• gruesome adjective (more gruesome, most gruesome)
  Horrible and disgusting, often involving blood, injury or death.
• gruff adjective (gruff, gruffer, gruffest); adverb (gruffly)
  Low, deep and rough.
• gruffly adverb
  In a rough, deep, unfriendly voice.
• grumble verb (grumble, grumbles, grumbled, grumbling); noun…
  To complain in a low, unhappy voice.
• grumbler noun (a grumbler, grumblers)
  A person who often grumbles: someone who complains in a low, unhappy voice about small things.
• grumpiness noun (grumpiness — uncountable)
  The state of being grumpy: in a bad, cross mood and easily annoyed.
• grumpy adjective (grumpy, grumpier, grumpiest)
  Grumpy means in a bad mood, easily annoyed and complaining a lot.
• grunt verb (grunt, grunts, grunted, grunting); noun…
  To grunt is to make a short low sound in your throat, like a pig.
• gryphon noun (a gryphon, gryphons); also spelt griffin or griffon
  A made-up creature from old stories, with the head, wings and front legs of an eagle and the body, back legs and tail of a lion.
• gu fragment; (Mandarin, pinyin) syllable
  Gu on its own is not an English word.
• guacamole noun (guacamole — uncountable)
  A green dip or sauce from Mexico made of mashed avocado, usually with lime, onion, tomato, chilli and salt.
• guanaco noun (a guanaco, guanacos)
  A wild South American animal like a small, slim llama, with a light brown woolly coat, living in the Andes mountains and Patagonia.
• guano noun (guano, uncountable)
  Guano is the droppings of seabirds or bats, which pile up in huge amounts on rocks and in caves.
• guarantee noun (guarantee, guarantees); verb…
  A guarantee is a promise that something will happen or will work.
• guard noun (a guard, guards; guard — protection); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A guard is a person whose job is to protect a place or people, or to watch prisoners.
• guardian noun (guardian, guardians); adjective (guardian)
  A person who is legally responsible for looking after a child who is not their own, for example when the parents have died or cannot care…
• guardianship noun (guardianship; no plural)
  Guardianship is the job of looking after someone or something that cannot yet look after itself, such as a child, a treasure or a kingdom.
• guardroom noun (a guardroom, guardrooms)
  A room where soldiers or guards on duty stay, often near a gate.
• guatemalan adjective (Guatemalan); noun (a Guatemalan, Guatemalans)
  From or to do with Guatemala, a country in Central America, south of Mexico.
• guava noun (a guava, guavas)
  A tropical fruit, round or pear-shaped, with green or yellow skin and pink or white sweet flesh full of small seeds.
• guerdon noun (guerdon, guerdons) (old use)
  A guerdon is a reward or payment given for good work or service, in old stories.
• guernsey noun (Guernsey; a guernsey, guernseys)
  Guernsey is one of the Channel Islands, between England and France (a place name).

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